I was born in Caracas, Venezuela and spent much of my early childhood in Barbados. My father was Czech and my mom an American from Syracuse, NY. Her father was Italian and my grandmother was 'old stock' upstate New York American. We moved to Boston in 1981, and I lived my teen years and early twenties in the Boston area. I met my husband in the 90's and moved to San Diego when we got together. Now, we make our home in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We have two poodle mixes, Raspberry and Carmelita.more